SOMEWHERE BOY PRESS PACK

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11 October 2022

Series synopsis and episode billings
Interview with writer Pete Jackson
Interview with Lewis Gribben who plays Danny
Interview with Samuel Bottomley who plays Aaron
Interview with Rory Keenan who plays Steve
Interview with Lisa McGrillis who plays Sue
Interview with Johann Myers who plays Paul

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Series synopsis and episode billings

Somewhere Boy is a new 8 x 30 drama by Pete Jackson (One Normal Night, Love In Recovery) from Clerkenwell Films, the makers of the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 show The End of the F***ing World. When Danny (Lewis Gribben) was a baby, his mum was killed in a car crash. Overwhelmed with grief, his

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with writer Pete Jackson

Could you set the story up? Danny's (Lewis Gribben) mum was killed when he was a baby and his dad Steve (Rory Keenan) suffered a breakdown – he wanted to take his boy away from the influences of what he saw as a horrible world. He bought a house in the middle of nowhere and created a beautiful world

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Lewis Gribben who plays Danny

How would you describe Danny? Danny is a very young 18-year-old, very happy, loves his dad, very into romantic comedies and romantic music. He’s got more and more interested in the outside world, but still believes in his dad (Rory Keenan), that he’s trying his best and trying to protect him. But

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Samuel Bottomley who plays Aaron

Why did playing Aaron appeal to you? There was something about just coming out of lockdown, how lonely it felt and the solidarity of the script itself with that. You might not see how lonely Aaron is at first, but he’s one of the loneliest characters in the series. Who is Aaron, and what makes him

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Rory Keenan who plays Steve

Are you a fan of the old movies and songs, like Steve? I love all that stuff. Sometimes we do need to dream a little bit and go back to relive the past, and Somewhere Boy does that really cleverly by contrasting the callbacks to very classical, romantic, homely and nostalgic filmmaking with the

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Lisa McGrillis who plays Sue

From King Gary to Deadwater Fell to Mum to Somewhere Boy, you seem to mix it up between comedy and drama. Yeah, I feel quite lucky like that. I’m probably known more for comedy because of Mum, but Somewhere Boy has elements of very dark comedy so it's quite nice to bring a bit of light to it as well

11 Oct 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Johann Myers who plays Paul

Why did you want to do Somewhere Boy? The script was extremely emotionally charged and interesting and different. On a personal level, I play a nice human which, in itself, was appealing: to be calm for a moment, not get my teeth out and have a gnash at someone or play some kind of criminal. Paul